Shade or curtain attachment.



G. D. DODGE.

SHADE 0R CURTAIN ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25. 1915.

- Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

GEORGE D. DODGE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHADE OR CURTAIN ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed October 25, 1915. Serial No. 57,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shade or Curtain Attachments, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and novel means for effectively guiding the free end of a shade or curtain so as to prevent it from swinging outwardly from the opening across which it extends and flapping about in the wind.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its object and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is an elevation of a portion of a window and its frame across which extends a shade equipped in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a section on an enlarged scale taken approximately on line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a section on the same scale as Fig. 2 approximately on line 83 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, 1, 1 represent the side members of a window frame and 2 is a shade lying between said members. On the members 1, 1 are arranged vertical tracks, 3, which are preferably made of long flat metal strips having their side edges bent inwardly so as to give a cross sectional shape like that of an elongated C. These tracks, when fastened directly to the window frame are practically unnoticeable because they hug the frame and make a projection thereon which need not be over one-eighth of an inch in thickness. On the shade are slides or shoes, 4 which interlock with the tracks, being free to ride up and down the same but being held against movement relatively thereto in any transverse direction. In the broadest aspect of my invention, these slides or shoes, which are also comparatively thin and flat, may be secured to the opposite edges of the shade in any suitable way. In

the more elaborate form of my invention illustrated, however, means are provided for allowing play between the slides or shoes and the shade, transversely of the shade and 1n the plane of the latter, so that there will be no danger that the shade will bind as it travels up and down if it should happen, as is usually the case, that the window frame is warped more or less. In the arrangement shown, I have provided U-shaped clips, 5, which are slipped over the shade stick of an ordinary shade and secured thereto in any suitable manner. On the under side of each cl p is a finger piece comprising a flat head, 6, and a square or flattened neck, 7, the necks of the finger pieces being provided with stems, 8, which pass through the yoke portions of the clips and are riveted over so as to hold the finger pieces in place while permitting them to be rotated about their own axes. Extending laterally from each of the'slides or shoes is a finger, 9, adapted to underlie the corresponding clip and provided with a slot, 10, extending lengthwise thereof for the passage of the head of the finger piece. The slots 10 are long enough to permit the passage of the parts 6 but have a width only slightly greater than the thickness of said parts. The result isthat when the finger pieces are slipped through the slots and are then turned through an angle of ninety degrees, the slides or shoes are locked to the clips, relative movements being permitted however in the direction of the length of the slots; such relative movements being sufficient to prevent the shade from binding as it is raised and lowered. In order to prevent the finger pieces from being turned accidentally out of their locking positions, the necks, 7 are made square or flat as heretofore explained and of such a size that they will have a sliding fit and be prevented from turning in the slots. Each of the slots is provided at its outer end with an enlargement, 11, giving it the appearance of a keyhole slot, and this enlargement is of a size suflicient to receive the neck of the corresponding finger piece and permit the latter to turn so as to permit the head to be shifted from a position across the slot to one parallel with the length thereof. It will thus be seen that the shade can be readily connected to or disconnected from the slides or shoes but, after being connected thereto, will be securely held against accidental uncoupling.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come Within the terms employed in the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a frame, a shade extending across the frame, tracks on the frame at opposite sides of the shade, slides or shoes interlocked With the tracks and movable along the same, members containing elongated slots extending from said slides or shoes into proximity to the shade, and headed members projecting from the shade loosely through said slots so as to be freely movable along the slots.

2. A shade fixture comprising, a clip adapted to be secured to a shade, a track, a shoe interlocked With the track, an arm on the shoehaving a key-hole slot, and a member on said clip having a fiat head adapted to pass freely through said slot in one relative position and to lock the clip and shoe together in other relative positions.

3. A shade fixture comprising, a clip adapted to be secured to a shade, a track, a shoe interlocked With the track an arm on the shoe having a key-hole slot, a member on said clip having a flat head adapted to pass freely through said slot in one relative position and to lock the clip and shoe together in other relative positions, and said member having a neck beneath the head so shaped as to prevent said member from being turned relative to the shoe except When said neck is in the enlarged end of the slot.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

GEORGE D. DODGE.

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